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Holy Smoke

It is the decision that lasts for eternity. Do you want your earthly
remains pumped full of embalming fluid, dressed nicely and planted six
feet under or do you want to be reduced to ashes and placed in an urn?

For
the sportsman, neither option is particularly appealing. Lucky for us,
there is Holy Smoke, "a company that can take your or your loved one's
ashes and produce an eco-friendly way to use those ashes while
conducting a favored activity." Holy Smoke will reverently place
cremains in a shotgun shell to be fired by your friends as a
"celebration of your life." As a founder of Holy Smoke put it, "I will
rest in peace knowing that the last thing a turkey or duck will see is
me coming at him at about 900 feet per second."

That's one way to
look at it. Call me squeamish, but I would have a tough time consuming
that turkey or duck at the next family Thanksgiving. "Did Mom add a
bit too much garlic to the basting sauce this year or did Dad go heavy
on the shrimp scampi before he died?"

Don't have a shotgun?
That's OK. "With care and reverence, Holy Smoke can place your loved
one's ashes in almost any caliber or gauge of ammunition." I wonder if
that offer extends to fireworks canisters. I am not that crazy about my
ashes being shot at a turkey, a deer, or a home intruder, but I have
always wanted to go out in the proverbial blaze of glory. Imagine being
an intimate part of the 4th of July Fireworks Display. That would be a
true "celebration of life".